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Trivia: Musical Terms

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1. Suite of Baroque dances.






2. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.






3. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.






4. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.






5. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.






6. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.






7. The first violin in an orchestra.






8. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.






9. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.






10. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.






11. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.






12. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.






13. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.






14. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.






15. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.






16. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.






17. Indicating speed.






18. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.






19. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.






20. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.






21. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.






22. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.






23. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.






24. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.






25. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.






26. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.






27. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.






28. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.






29. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.






30. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.






31. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.






32. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.






33. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.






34. The distance in pitch between two notes.






35. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.






36. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.






37. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.






38. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.






39. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.






40. A reprise.






41. A separate section of a larger composition.






42. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.






43. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.






44. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.






45. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.






46. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.






47. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.






48. Pertains to tone or tones.






49. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.






50. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.







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